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Duplication of Virtual Machine on Hyper-V 2012
Hi,
I have created a new VM (XP operating system) in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
I installed all the basic software, printers .. etc and need to set up three more identical VMs with XP.
Instead of spending a few hours to set up each VM from the scratch, is there a way to duplicate existing VM?
Afterwards I like to change computer name, and join each VM to the domain controller and activate the XP OS?
I have created a new VM (XP operating system) in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
I installed all the basic software, printers .. etc and need to set up three more identical VMs with XP.
Instead of spending a few hours to set up each VM from the scratch, is there a way to duplicate existing VM?
Afterwards I like to change computer name, and join each VM to the domain controller and activate the XP OS?
use differencing disks. that point to your MASTER copy as the source disk and each has theirn own differencing disk. (stores the differences from the master) .. you should sysprep the master copy first to eliminate any potential conflicts.
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Ok. I will just create one VM at a time.
Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disks
once you sysprep the master you should not use it again just use the differencing disks